Car-replacer.



No. 655,778. I Patented Aug. I4, |900. .1. nt HoovEn.

CAR REPLACEB.

(Application filed Dec. 30, 1899.) (N u M o d el Wonne/1g lINiTnn STATES PATENT Ormea.

JACOB D. HOOVER, OFl VINOI-IESTER, VIRGINIA.

CAR-REPLACR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 6 5 5,778', dated August 14, 19100. Application iled December 30, 189.9. Serial No.` 742,045. (No'model.)

To @ZZ whom. it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, JACOB D. HOOVER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Winchester, in the county of Frederick and State of Virginia,have invented new and useful Improveniente in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in car-replacers, the object being to provide a cheap, simple, and effective device for placing cars upon rail- Way-tracks when derailed; and my invention consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, and speciiically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of a car-replacer constructed in accordance with my invention, the retracking rails being shown connected to each other and held in engagement with the tracks. Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, the section being taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3 3, and Fig. 4 is a perspective View of one of the retracking-rails.

In the practical use of my invention I use two retracking or guide railsV A A, which rails taper longitudinally, so as to be reduced to a point at one end, and the length and inclination of the rails are such that the thicker ends will be of a height which exceeds the height of the rails of the track. The retracking-rails are of such shape that the base and tread flanges converge, so that the web tapers, and said web a. and base-ange a are cut away at the thicker end to provide a wedge-shaped or angular portion b, which is intersected adjacent to the tread-liange a2 by a recess 1r. This construction leaves a part of the tread-nange intact, which part A is adapted to overlie the tread of the track-rails, the tread-Bange of said rails entering the recesses ZJ', while the flanges of the track-rails abut against the tapered or inclined portions of the retracking or guide rails A.

The projecting portions A of the retracking-rails have apertures as, which are countersunk on their upper sides, and through these apertures may be passed bolts or equivai lent securing means for connecting thereto a bar B, said bar having attached to its under face blocks or projections b2, which are adaptdownwardly and then outwardly to span the track-rails and maintain the retracking-rails parallel one with the other. In order'to connect the bars to the retracking-rails, the webs of the rails A have lateral openings c c, the sides of the end portions of said openings being beveled to permit the rails A to turn upon the connecting bolts or pins which pass through the tread-flanges, said beveled portions also serving as guides, which materially assist in placing the bars Oin properengagement with the rails A.

lVhen the wheels of a car have been placed upon the retracking or guide rails and moved toward the railroad-track, the flanges of said wheels will ride over the cross-'bars and be guided by the tread-liangcs of the retrackingrails upon the rails of the Way.

The device hereinbefore described can be cheaply manufactured and is extremely simple in construction and use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. In a car-replacer, the combination with a pair of retracking-rails each having a tread portion which extends beyond the webs thereof, said extended tread portion having boltreceiving apertures, transverse openings through the Webs below the tread-Bauges and apertures intersecting said openings, of connecting-bars and means for attaching the connecting-bars to the retracking-rails, substantially as shown.

2. In a car-replacer, a longitudinally-inclined retracking-rail having a web which is cut away on each side so as to provide a point beyond which the tread-flange projects, said pointed portion of the web having therein a recess, substantially as shown, whereby the projecting end of the tread-dang@ of the re.vm tracking-rail will overlie the tread-flange of the track-rail.

3. In a car-replacer, a longitudinally-inclined retracking-rail which presents in cross'- section horizontal base and tread ilanges which are connected by a vertical web the IOS) higher end of the base-fiange and web being tapered, said tapered portion adjacent to the tread-flange being cut away to provide a recess, the projecting portion of the tread-[ian ge having therethrough a vertical aperture; together with a bar which is connected to said projecting portion and is provided adjacent thereto with a depending lug or block for the purpose set forth. j

4. In a car-replacer, the combination with a pair of similarly-constructed retrackingrails each having tread portions which extend beyond the Webs of said rails, apertures through the Webs of the rails, said apertures having beveled end Walls, of connecting-bars the connecting-bar which is attached to the projecting ends having depending lugs or blocks the other bars having centrally-raisedportiovns, and means for connecting the bars to the rails.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB D. HOOVER.

Witnesses:

ROBERT WORSLEY, J No. M. STECH. 

